[text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages

Reply to [text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:55:16 GMT

hwathwy — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:55:16 GMT

I'm currently building a sequencer, and am trying to implement a step repeat function. The way I figured I could do this is by having a text object where each step is repeated as many times as desired on its line, e.g:

It works fine if the text is defined manually: I can cycle through message index and see that they indeed correspond to their slot as defined by commas.

I get into trouble whenever I try to populate that list: the resulting text object sees the commas as symbols and each line is taken as its own message.

How do I convert the list and its commas to end up with one message per comma-separated integer when using ```
text get?

Reply to [text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:59:11 GMT

jameslo — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:59:11 GMT

@hwathwy Wow, I'd love for someone to explain/defend this behavior because to me it's not good. Why should the behavior of [text get] be different for the same text, dependent on how it was entered? What state is being hidden? Anyhow, I found that the set method for [text define] works more as I would expect, try it and let us know if it works for you.

Reply to [text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:08:33 GMT

hwathwy — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:08:33 GMT

@jameslo Amazing! thank you so much for that solution. Never would have thought of using [text define]. Now it behaves the way I want.

Reply to [text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:10:08 GMT

jameslo — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:10:08 GMT

@hwathwy Yeah, I'm amazed too, but not with myself, and not in a good way

Reply to [text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:21:48 GMT

hwathwy — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:21:48 GMT

Unfortunately I may have rejoiced too fast. The thing is I want to be able to dump lists at any index, which [text define] does not allow!

Reply to [text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:37:34 GMT

jameslo — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:37:34 GMT

@hwathwy Well if you have a chance, post what you've tried and why it doesn't meet your requirements. I gotta step out for a few hours but maybe someone else can help you in the meantime.

Reply to [text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages on Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:07:16 GMT

hwathwy — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:07:16 GMT

I figured it out with a simple [list store] and a list iterator. I ended up filtering out all the semicolons and adding them back for each step of the list that will actually be driven by the clock (the one at the bottom).

I'm making a step sequencer interfacing with an old Launchpad, to be run on a Raspberry Pi - working pretty well so far although doing this all in Vanilla is quite a challenge!

Reply to [text] Comma-separated integers not interpreted as distinct messages on Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:41:42 GMT

hwathwy — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:41:42 GMT

And here is the result
beatrep.mp4_480.mp4